General Knowledge - History

1, Who among the following was a General of Alexander?

a) Galelio                      b) Copornicos               c) Megellan                   d) Selucus Nikator

2, The Crips Mission visited India durigne the regime of _______

a) Lord Wellington                     b) Lord Wavell               c) Lord Linlithgow          d) Lord Mountbatten

3, Who presented the first Budget in Independent India?

a) Abdul Kalam Azad                 b) R.K Shanmukham Shetty       c) Morarji Desai             d) K C Neogi

4, Who was the author of the book ‘Indika’?

a) Banabhatan               b) Megasthenes            c) Fahian           d) Vasco de gama

5, Man discovered fire in the ___ Age?

a) Metal                        b) Prehistoric                c) New Stone                d) Old Stone

6, The title ‘Sardar’ was given to Patel by

a) Raja Rammohan Roy             b) Dr. B R Ambedkar                 c) Mahatma Gandhi       d) Motilal Nehru

7, Who, amongst the following, first prohibited the practice of Sati?

a) Jehangir                    b) Sher Shah Suri          c) Akbar            d) Aurangzeb

8, The Sikh Khalsa was founded by

a) Guru Hargobind                     b) Guru Gobind Singh                c) Guru Nanak   d) Guru Teg Bahadur

9, Who called the name ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi?

a) Raja Rammohan Roy             b) Dr. B R Ambedkar                 c) Rabindra Nath Tagore            d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

10, The practice of Sati was declared illegal by

a) Lord Ripon                b) Lord Wavell               c) Lord William Bentick              d) Lord Mountbatten

11, The word ‘Jai Hind’ was first used by

a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee                b) Mahatma Gandhi                   c) Rabindra Nath Tagore            d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

12, The first women’s university in India was founded by

a) Raja Rammohan Roy             b) JC Kumarappa          c) Dhondo Keshave Karve         d) Rani Ahilya Devi

13, The first sermon of Buddha made at Saranath is called _____

a) Dharma Chakra Parivarthana              b) Dharma Samsthapan             c) Dharma Buddha                    d) Dharma Sabha

14, Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance?

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy                        b) Lala Lajpat Rai                      c) Rabindra Nath Tagore            d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

15, Jalianwala bagh massacre occurred on

a) January 30, 1918                   b) April 13, 1919            c) August 14, 1920        d) July 3, 1930

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